Focus on China

Beijing, China, Dec 8 - China should "significantly" increase military spending and build more nuclear weapons as a response to US President-elect Donald Trump, an editorial in the nationalistic Global Times newspaper said Thursday. China should "build

WASHINGTON, Dec 2 - The White House on Friday reaffirmed backing for its long-standing one-China policy and the three China-U.S. joint communiques, after U.S. President-elect Donald Trump received a telephone call from Taiwan leader Tsai Ing-wen. "We

BEIJING, Dec 3 - China has lodged solemn representations with the United States, urging the latter to honor its commitment to the one-China policy, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Geng Shuang said on Saturday. Geng's remarks came after U.S. president-elect

Beijing, China, Dec 6 - Hundreds of photos and videos of naked women used as collateral for loans on a Chinese online lending service have leaked onto the web, highlighting regulatory problems in the fast-growing peer-to-peer marketplace.A 10-gigabyte

Lima, Peru, Nov 20 - Chinese President Xi Jinping pushed Beijing's free trade plans Saturday at a summit of Asia-Pacific leaders, stepping up to fill the void left by US President-elect Donald Trump's protectionism. Trump's victory is making it a rocky

NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 24 – A group of 26 hostages freed from nearly five years in the hands of Somali pirates touched down in Kenya on Sunday, with both tears and smiles marking the end of their ordeal. "Am so, so happy. Really, am so, so happy. For

Washington, United States, Oct 21 - A US destroyer sailed close to a cluster of islands claimed by Beijing in the South China Sea on Friday, the Pentagon said, amid continued tensions in the contested waterway.The USS Decatur passed close to the Paracel

PRAGUE, Czech Republic, Oct 19 - Czech leaders sought to stave off China's anger in a statement on Tuesday, a day after exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama arrived in Prague. The statement came as Chinese firms poured fresh investment into

Beijing, China, Oct 17 - China launched two astronauts into space on Monday, official media said, on a mission to its orbiting laboratory as the country works towards setting up its own space station.The Shenzhou-11 spacecraft blasted off early in the